La Trobe Financial hires three senior bankers

Non-bank lender La Trobe Financial has appointed three senior bankers to its executive team: David Bleakley, Rick Drury and Annie Sestito.

Bleakley had been appointed vice president treasury and settlement services, he was most recently chief risk officer North America for ANZ banking group in New York and had spent 10 years with Standards & Poor’s in credit.

He had also worked with the National Australia Bank (NAB) as head of asset backed securities and structured credit operations in Melbourne.